Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater: Leaving Iraq, Chasing Pirates?
  • February 4, 2009

Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater: Leaving Iraq, Chasing Pirates?

Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater: Leaving Iraq, Chasing Pirates?

The Nation‘s Jeremy Scahill reports that while Blackwater’s Iraq contract won’t be renewed, the powerful military corporation has no plans to slow down.

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After $1.3 billion in government contracts and controversy over the killing of innocent Iraqi civilians, Blackwater Worldwide is moving on. The Washington Post reported this week that Blackwater, the for-profit military company contracted by the Bush administration to provide securities services in Iraq, will not have its Iraq contract renewed. But the powerful military corporation has no plans to slow down after what has been an extraordinarily profitable decade.

Nation contributor Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, discusses the legacy and future of Blackwater Worldwide, including its expansion into hot new markets: chasing Somalian pirates and total intelligence gathering.

—Brett Story

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Brett StoryBrett Story is a freelance journalist and independent documentary filmmaker based out of Montreal, and a 2008 spring intern for The Nation.


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